The federal government is pumping millions of dollars into the Carolinas and Georgia to combat the Zika virus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded more than $16 million to 40 states and territories Tuesday.

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The CDC announced that the money will be used to help detect and treat microcephaly, a condition in infants that is often fatal and is linked to the Zika virus.

The virus is transmitted by a mosquito bite or sexual intercourse with someone who’s infected.

There is no vaccine or medicine for Zika.

South Carolina is getting an additional $400,000 from the federal government. Last month, the federal government announced the state was receiving nearly $4.5 million to battle Zika.

Georgia and North Carolina will get $560,000 each, according to the CDC. Those states received more funding than South Carolina because the CDC said they have a higher population and more travelers.

There have been more than 20 reported cases of Zika in South Carolina but none involving pregnant women and none involving people bitten in the state by mosquitoes carrying the virus.

The reported cases involve people who acquired the virus outside South Carolina.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said the federal money will go toward the birth defects program.

"Anywhere in the U.S. where this mosquito is present, there is a risk,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC. “That's why we need to track. That's why we developed and distributed test kits for public health labs to use throughout the U.S. But that's also why it's important we invest in better tools to diagnose Zika.”

According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, more doctors will be hired in South Carolina to help detect and treat birth defects caused by the Zika virus.